Vinnytsia Oblast

Vinnytsia Oblast is an oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Vinnytsia. Population:.HistoryVinnytsia Oblast was created on February 27, 1932 from raions of following former okruhas of Ukraine (districts of the Soviet Ukraine): Uman Okruha Berdychiv Okruha Vinnytsia Okruha Mohyliv Okruha Tulchyn Okruha Shepetivka Okruha Proskuriv Okruha Kamianets Okruha In 1935 bordering territories of oblast were transformed into Soviet border districts: Shepetivka Okrug, Proskuriv Okrug, and Kamianets Okrug. In 1937 based on the border districts was formed the Kamianets Oblast (later Khmelnytsky Oblast).During the World War II the territory of oblast was split between General District Shitomir (Reichskommissariat Ukraine) and Transnistria Governorate (Kingdom of Romania).GeographyThe oblast is located in the central part of the Right Bank Ukraine and borders on seven administrative oblasts of Ukraine. In the southwest of the oblast along the Dniester river passes a 202 km long section of the state border with Moldova.

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